Definition of Loot

1. Noun. Goods or money obtained illegally.

Exact synonyms: Booty, Dirty Money, Pillage, Plunder, Prize, Swag
Generic synonyms: Stolen Property
Terms within: Cut
Derivative terms: Pillage, Plunder, Plunder, Plunder

2. Verb. Take illegally; of intellectual property. "They loot the goods"; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
Exact synonyms: Plunder
Category relationships: Crime, Criminal Offence, Criminal Offense, Law-breaking, Offence, Offense
Generic synonyms: Steal
Derivative terms: Plunder

3. Noun. Informal terms for money.
Exact synonyms: Boodle, Bread, Cabbage, Clams, Dinero, Dough, Gelt, Kale, Lettuce, Lolly, Lucre, Moolah, Pelf, Scratch, Shekels, Simoleons, Sugar, Wampum
Generic synonyms: Money
Derivative terms: Cabbage

4. Verb. Steal goods; take as spoils. "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Exact synonyms: Despoil, Foray, Pillage, Plunder, Ransack, Reave, Rifle, Strip
Generic synonyms: Take
Specialized synonyms: Deplume, Displume
Derivative terms: Despoiler, Despoilment, Despoliation, Looter, Looting, Pillage, Pillager, Pillaging, Plunder, Plunderer, Plundering

Definition of Loot

1. n. The act of plundering.

2. v. t. & i. To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.

Definition of Loot

1. to plunder [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: plunder

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loot

loosestrife
loosestrifes
loosestrife family
loose associations
loose body
loose cannon
loose cartilage
loose end
loose off
loose sentence
loose skin
loose smut
loose trousers
loose woman
loosing
loot (current term)
looted
looten
looter
looters
looting
lootings
loots
looves
lop
lop
lop-ear
lop-eared
lope
lope

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